Missile test again within 24 hours of N. Korea

Within 24 hours of testing a pair of long-range cruise missiles, North Korea tested a short-range ballistic missile.

On Thursday (October 13) at midnight local time, the missile was launched from the country's east coast towards the sea, according to the South Korean military. Earlier, North Korean warplanes flew over the border area between the two Koreas, sparking tensions. Meanwhile, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Seoul is preparing to counter any threat from North Korea.  

 

Nothing can stop North Korea from missile tests. Meanwhile, the country has tested a record number of missiles of various sizes this year. Cruise or ballistic, missiles are launched from some location almost every week.

North Korea test-fired two nuclear-capable cruise missiles on Thursday. Those long-range missiles hit the area between the Korean Peninsula and China. However, less than 24 hours later, Pyongyang test-fired a powerful short-range ballistic missile at midnight on Thursday in defiance of UN sanctions. The South Korean military said that the missile was launched from the east coast of the country towards the sea at midnight on Thursday local time. Not only that, North Korean warplanes were seen flying over the Korean border before the missile test. In this, military tension suddenly arose between the two Koreas.

Seoul expressed concern over regional security by strongly condemning North Korea's successive missile attacks. At the same time, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has warned Pyongyang to make all kinds of preparations to deal with any threat to the country.

 There is no doubt that the security of the region is threatened by North Korea's series of missile tests. From the very beginning of the formation of the government, we started making maximum preparations to counter any threat from Pyongyang. However, Japan has commented that it will be difficult to counter North Korea as it continues to develop and test powerful ballistic missiles one after the other.

 North Korea has tested more than 40 different types of short, medium and long-range missiles so far this year. Among these, while ballistic missiles are banned under international law, cruise missiles are not on the UN ban list on paper.